Psalms 139:8

139:8 If I were to ascend ¹  to heaven, you would be there.

If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. ² 

Isaiah 57:2

57:2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace;

they rest on their beds. ³ 

[139:8]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb סָלַק (salaq, “to ascend”) occurs only here in the OT, but the word is well-attested in Aramaic literature from different time periods and displays a wide semantic range (see DNWSI 2:788-90).

[139:8]  ² tn Heb “look, you.”

[57:2]  ³ tn Heb “he enters peace, they rest on their beds, the one who walks straight ahead of himself.” The tomb is here viewed in a fairly positive way as a place where the dead are at peace and sleep undisturbed.